About Brain Fatigue Common Symptoms
About Brain Fatigue
How to recognize brain fatigue
- The brain fatigue has persisted for at least 1 month
- The sum of scores from the MFS is 10.5 points or above (see further under assessment)
Typical symptoms include:
- An unusually rapid drain on mental energy levels upon mental activity
- Following over-exertion, there is a long recovery time disproportionate to the exertion level
- Impaired attention and concentration over time and easily distracted
- Daily variation of the fatigue symptom with the fatigue often being better in the mornings and worse in the afternoons and evenings; variations from one day to the next
- Usually one or several associated symptoms
The following additional or associated symptoms are common:
- Memory problems
- Slowness of thinking
- Difficult to get started with an activity
- Mood swings, irritability, and stress intolerance
- Sleeping problems
- Sensitivity to, or intolerance of, light and noise
- Headaches following over-exertion